Washington § 71.24.062 - Psychiatry consultation line — Implementation.

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§ 71.24.062. Psychiatry consultation line — Implementation.

(1) To the extent that funds are specifically appropriated for this purpose or nonstate funds are available, the authority in collaboration with the University of Washington department of psychiatry and behavioral sciences shall implement a psychiatric consultation call center to provide emergency department providers, primary care providers, and county and municipal correctional facility providers with on-demand access to psychiatric and substance use disorder clinical consultation for adult patients.
(2) When clinically appropriate and technically feasible, the clinical consultation may occur via telemedicine.
(3) Beginning in fiscal year 2021, to the extent that adequate funds are appropriated, the service shall be available seven days a week, twenty-four hours a day.
[ 2020 c 291 s 2.]

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